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A clink script for supporting tab-completion of git branches when using "git checkout"
function git_checkout_match_generator(text, first, last)
found_matches = false;
if rl_state.line_buffer:find("^git checkout ") then
has_start_branch = not rl_state.line_buffer:find("^git checkout[ ]*$")
for line in io.popen("git branch 2>nul"):lines() do
local m = line:match("[%* ] (.+)$")
if m then
if not has_start_branch then
clink.add_match(m)
found_matches = true;
elseif #text > 0 and m:find(text) then
clink.add_match(m)
found_matches = true;
end
end
end
end
return found_matches
end
clink.register_match_generator(git_checkout_match_generator, 10)
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